Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Holiday trip to Disney and a dream come true
End of November we headed to Disneyland for our last trip with our annual passes. The weather was SO much better than our previous trip in September. Everything was decorated for Christmas, which we straight LOVE, and we just had a glorious time.
One of our days in CA, we decided to mob up to the American Girl store in L.A to have lunch! This is something I had dreamed about as a kid and never had the opportunity to do. And I got to go! The kids loved it, the food was great, and it was just so fun to fulfill that dream for little Am. Even Curtis enjoyed himself. You kinda can't not at American Girl!
Showing Sis the snow!
I was taking our pics on Dumbo and she must've busted out this random posed smile. I laughed all over myself when I saw it.
It rained a bunch while we were there and Sis insisted on taking Bro's hand. It was so.freaking.cute.
This is actually monumental - Curtis does NOT do rides that go round and round. He will vomit all over the place. He decided to brave the ladybug ride with the kids. Success! But he said he won't do it again.
All the times we've been to Disneyland and we had never known of this Little Mermaid ride in Disney CA Adventure land. SO much fun!
Cal rock climbing for his Wilderness Explorer badge. He had so much fun earning these.
Lunch at American Girl!
Cal very much made a point to turn his loaner doll's head to be photographed. He dubbed the little doll "Christmas Tree."
Cally got to march first into the ceremony to receive his Wilderness Explorer badge.
So much fun! We had a blast on our Disneyland trips this past year and probably are going to have to go back next year. Seriously, the most magical place. So glad we were able to take these trips as a family and make so many amazing memories. LOVE!
One of our days in CA, we decided to mob up to the American Girl store in L.A to have lunch! This is something I had dreamed about as a kid and never had the opportunity to do. And I got to go! The kids loved it, the food was great, and it was just so fun to fulfill that dream for little Am. Even Curtis enjoyed himself. You kinda can't not at American Girl!
Showing Sis the snow!
I was taking our pics on Dumbo and she must've busted out this random posed smile. I laughed all over myself when I saw it.
It rained a bunch while we were there and Sis insisted on taking Bro's hand. It was so.freaking.cute.
This is actually monumental - Curtis does NOT do rides that go round and round. He will vomit all over the place. He decided to brave the ladybug ride with the kids. Success! But he said he won't do it again.
All the times we've been to Disneyland and we had never known of this Little Mermaid ride in Disney CA Adventure land. SO much fun!
Cal rock climbing for his Wilderness Explorer badge. He had so much fun earning these.
Lunch at American Girl!
Cal very much made a point to turn his loaner doll's head to be photographed. He dubbed the little doll "Christmas Tree."
Cally got to march first into the ceremony to receive his Wilderness Explorer badge.
So much fun! We had a blast on our Disneyland trips this past year and probably are going to have to go back next year. Seriously, the most magical place. So glad we were able to take these trips as a family and make so many amazing memories. LOVE!
Monday, December 17, 2012
Halloween and Cal turning 5!
Halloween around these parts was fun. The costume I bought for Sis last year (on sale- woot) for this year was too big so I sensibly had her wear Cal's Tigger costume from when he was just a tot. It fit perfectly even though she is older than he was when he wore it. She thought it was great too!
I took the kids to our church trunk or treat, and they had a lot of fun and got a bunch of unnecessary candy. Sister was able to develop a love for lollipops we hadn't known about prior. She really took to them and has since enjoyed many.
We also went and crashed my sister's church trunk or treat, which was actually on Halloween. Curtis was working so it was fun to do a little something extra with them instead of just staying at home. They had so much fun going around to everyone's car and hanging out with their cousins.
Sis and one of her beloved lollipops
My handsome little guy - he had so many costume choices but decided to be Lightning McQueen
All the cousins and some random little girl who really loved Laurel
Me and my sissy - she is a 50's lady and I a Giants fan! World Series champs!Woot!(We seriously look nothing alike. Funny)
Cal also celebrated his tiny 5th birthday. 5 years of this little dude. It's crazy. We took a few pics of him on his last nite of being 4 and did a little video. He is a funny tiny gopher for sure and we just adore him more every year.
Last nite of being 4
Sis wanted to be included too
And his little interview is not uploading today so I will have to try it another time!
For his actual birthday, Cal wanted to go see Wreck It Ralph with just his dad and I, so we dropped Sis off with my mom and took him to Macayo's afterward (his choice). He had a great time and we loved just being with our little boy.
We offered him the choice this year to either have a birthday party or to just have a fun day with a friend, so he opted for the latter and selected Wyatt as his friend. They had a sleepover, had dinner at Panera Bread, and the next day went to the Natural History Museum. They had a blast playing together and get on just like brothers. He was so excited to be able to pick the activities and restaurant choices too.
Little cousin frenz
Cal checking stuff out
Playing in the submarine - they stayed in there for ages
Posing with the dinosaurs
Cal did the Home Alone face, unbeknownst to me until I looked at the pics later
So the kids had a fun Halloween and Cal had a great birthday. We are so blessed to have two healthy, amazing, hilarious kids. If they slept better, it'd be a bonus, but we love 'em anyway.
I took the kids to our church trunk or treat, and they had a lot of fun and got a bunch of unnecessary candy. Sister was able to develop a love for lollipops we hadn't known about prior. She really took to them and has since enjoyed many.
We also went and crashed my sister's church trunk or treat, which was actually on Halloween. Curtis was working so it was fun to do a little something extra with them instead of just staying at home. They had so much fun going around to everyone's car and hanging out with their cousins.
Sis and one of her beloved lollipops
My handsome little guy - he had so many costume choices but decided to be Lightning McQueen
All the cousins and some random little girl who really loved Laurel
Me and my sissy - she is a 50's lady and I a Giants fan! World Series champs!Woot!(We seriously look nothing alike. Funny)
Cal also celebrated his tiny 5th birthday. 5 years of this little dude. It's crazy. We took a few pics of him on his last nite of being 4 and did a little video. He is a funny tiny gopher for sure and we just adore him more every year.
Last nite of being 4
Sis wanted to be included too
And his little interview is not uploading today so I will have to try it another time!
For his actual birthday, Cal wanted to go see Wreck It Ralph with just his dad and I, so we dropped Sis off with my mom and took him to Macayo's afterward (his choice). He had a great time and we loved just being with our little boy.
We offered him the choice this year to either have a birthday party or to just have a fun day with a friend, so he opted for the latter and selected Wyatt as his friend. They had a sleepover, had dinner at Panera Bread, and the next day went to the Natural History Museum. They had a blast playing together and get on just like brothers. He was so excited to be able to pick the activities and restaurant choices too.
Little cousin frenz
Cal checking stuff out
Playing in the submarine - they stayed in there for ages
Posing with the dinosaurs
Cal did the Home Alone face, unbeknownst to me until I looked at the pics later
So the kids had a fun Halloween and Cal had a great birthday. We are so blessed to have two healthy, amazing, hilarious kids. If they slept better, it'd be a bonus, but we love 'em anyway.
Thursday, October 25, 2012
"The happiest place on earth" is right!
We took another trip to Disneyland in September for several days as our "big trip" of Disney trips, since Curtis had the week off. We stayed at the Red Lion, which we had never tried before, and really liked it. They had an inclusive breakfast so we mobbed on that and didn't mind the distance from the park RL was.
Laurel was only 6 months last time we had come so with her being over a year old now made a big difference. She had just as much fun as last time, but was able to do so much more and loved being able to walk her own body around Disneyland. I mean, really though, who wouldn't?
The coolest part about going when we did was that it was the transition week from regular lovely Disneyland to Halloween Disneyland. So they had busted out all the Halloween deco and changed Haunted Mansion and everything - so fun! Cal had a blast as usual, and so did Curtis and I. We just love Disneyland and are whores for it. What can I say.
As a special treat for the kids, we did a dinner at Goofy's Kitchen one nite. They got to meet a bunch of the characters and the food was really good. Cal loved seeing all the different folks - Aladdin, Goofy of course, Dale of Chip N Dale (not our Vegas version), the Mad Hatter and some others. Sis was terrified but would wave frantically with a creepy dish plate sized glazed eye once they were out of range. It was actually pretty hilarious.
Sis in Goofy's house in Toontown
The one drawback was that it was randomly hotter in CA that week than it was in Vegas. We sweated our lives off and ended up having to hit the park first thing in the mornings, then bounce for a few hours until the evening, becuz it was just way too uncomfortable. It was really kinda crazy how freaking hot it was. It was not possible to stand in lines and be out in 107 degrees though. That was some crazy shiz.
Laurel mobbing down Main
Me and my sweet Disney babies
Love this mouse!
Finally got a family pic in front of the castle - woot!
Sis was so glad for the air conditioning back at the hotel. Poor girl.
The Halloween Mickey pumpkin
Callybox so excited for our dinner at Goofy's kitchen
Making frenz with Minnie
We love our trips to Disneyland so much! Love being together as a family and making amazing and fun memories and are just so lucky that we get to do these trips.
Laurel was only 6 months last time we had come so with her being over a year old now made a big difference. She had just as much fun as last time, but was able to do so much more and loved being able to walk her own body around Disneyland. I mean, really though, who wouldn't?
The coolest part about going when we did was that it was the transition week from regular lovely Disneyland to Halloween Disneyland. So they had busted out all the Halloween deco and changed Haunted Mansion and everything - so fun! Cal had a blast as usual, and so did Curtis and I. We just love Disneyland and are whores for it. What can I say.
As a special treat for the kids, we did a dinner at Goofy's Kitchen one nite. They got to meet a bunch of the characters and the food was really good. Cal loved seeing all the different folks - Aladdin, Goofy of course, Dale of Chip N Dale (not our Vegas version), the Mad Hatter and some others. Sis was terrified but would wave frantically with a creepy dish plate sized glazed eye once they were out of range. It was actually pretty hilarious.
The one drawback was that it was randomly hotter in CA that week than it was in Vegas. We sweated our lives off and ended up having to hit the park first thing in the mornings, then bounce for a few hours until the evening, becuz it was just way too uncomfortable. It was really kinda crazy how freaking hot it was. It was not possible to stand in lines and be out in 107 degrees though. That was some crazy shiz.
We love our trips to Disneyland so much! Love being together as a family and making amazing and fun memories and are just so lucky that we get to do these trips.
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